CVE-2023-5098 describes a high-severity vulnerability in the Campaign Monitor Forms by Optin Cat WordPress plugin prior to version 2.5.6. This flaw allows low-privileged users, such as subscribers, to overwrite arbitrary site options with the string "true," potentially leading to denial of service or other impacts. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, resulting in high integrity and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fatcatapps:campaign_monitor_optin_cat:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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